"Partisan" is delayed: in the Russian Federation cannot make electrical version of the An-2 aircraft
The development has been underway since 2019, and last year in the Russian Federation even showed a prototype. Now at the Siberian Educational and Research Institute of Aviation. Chapligina stated that the works are postponed. "Due to the circumstances of the external nature, the terms were a little shifted, but in 2023 there will be a ready -made sample.
A lot of what was used at the beginning of the project will not be used today, so we are looking for alternative substitutions," the director said Institute Vladimir Barsuk. He also added that the Institute examines what there are alternatives to electric motors, generators and other details to continue the project. It is noted that in 2021 the partisan aircraft climbed into the sky at the exhibition "Max-2021". However, then all the power units were western.
In the Russian Federation, they want to carry out import substitution by copying engines and reverse engineering generators. This requires testing, calculations and analysis of all details. This will last from 2 to 5 years, provided the financing and availability of resources. TVS-2MS is an illegal copy of the An-2 aircraft (Antonov development). It was developed by Sibnia.